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瑙蒙短尾鶥

简瑙蒙短尾鹛 · 繁瑙蒙短尾鶥

Mandarin · pinyin Nǎo méng duǎn wěi méi

(bird species of China) Naung Mung scimitar babbler (Napothera naungmungensis)

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瑙: nǎo · agate; cornelian
蒙: méng · cover; ignorant; suffer; Mongolia; hexagram ䷃
短: duǎn · short; brief; deficient, lacking
尾: wěi · tail, extremity; end, stern; 6th lunar mansion, determinative star μ¹ Scorpii (Xamidimura)
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鹛: méi · babbler, Timaliidae species (various); thrush

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3–2–3–3–2 · Nao3 meng2 duan3 wei3 mei2

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nou5 mung4 dyun2 mei5 mei4

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